having someone make a transformative work of yours is like the best comment and compliment ever.
The thing is, it's really not about me or 'my work', and I'm hesitant to look at it that way.
Once the work is posted, and it's out there, it doesn't belong to me anymore in a lot of ways. I have no control in how people read it or perceive it.
Especially the fic is either based on intellectual property (be it Harry Potter or Marvel) or ... Real Person Fiction. The work is just an idea that spurs another idea from another creative if you're lucky, and each idea is its own work. As much as I'm appreciative of said transformative mixes of the work (I've had my stuff remixed, sequelled and podficced), I'm well aware that each person is their own universe and brings their own eyes to the work and in a lot of ways, their work is separate to mine and not mine.
I keep going back to loose ends, the podfic that itsadrizzit did with a story I just posted and moved on. She made it a lot bigger, a lot better and in a lot of ways --- she made me realise that the story didn't belong to me anymore. I think a healthier outlook is that the writer can realise that it's about the story and not about the writer per se and leave it at that.
I don't know how to say this without being any more indelicate, but this pov having someone make a transformative work of yours is like the best comment and compliment ever shouldn't be the point. Especially since with Transformative Works, there's an alchemy between the original bit of work vs their work. It's not about the podficcer wanting to spend all this time with 'my story' as much they're using it as a launching point for their work, tbh.
I'm sure I'll have a different pov if I owned Harry Potter, Marvel, and Real People (LOL), but I don't. I'm just a spinner of ideas, and I like the fact that people are inspired by what I do to feel free to do what they do. The danger is that their ideas might be a lot better than mine, but that only makes the fandom tapestry richer. As long as they link me (in terms of say, credit me as the base to their remix), I'm good.
erm... it's not really about me or 'my work'
The thing is, it's really not about me or 'my work', and I'm hesitant to look at it that way.
Once the work is posted, and it's out there, it doesn't belong to me anymore in a lot of ways. I have no control in how people read it or perceive it.
Especially the fic is either based on intellectual property (be it Harry Potter or Marvel) or ... Real Person Fiction. The work is just an idea that spurs another idea from another creative if you're lucky, and each idea is its own work. As much as I'm appreciative of said transformative mixes of the work (I've had my stuff remixed, sequelled and podficced), I'm well aware that each person is their own universe and brings their own eyes to the work and in a lot of ways, their work is separate to mine and not mine.
I keep going back to loose ends, the podfic that itsadrizzit did with a story I just posted and moved on. She made it a lot bigger, a lot better and in a lot of ways --- she made me realise that the story didn't belong to me anymore. I think a healthier outlook is that the writer can realise that it's about the story and not about the writer per se and leave it at that.
I don't know how to say this without being any more indelicate, but this pov having someone make a transformative work of yours is like the best comment and compliment ever shouldn't be the point. Especially since with Transformative Works, there's an alchemy between the original bit of work vs their work. It's not about the podficcer wanting to spend all this time with 'my story' as much they're using it as a launching point for their work, tbh.
I'm sure I'll have a different pov if I owned Harry Potter, Marvel, and Real People (LOL), but I don't. I'm just a spinner of ideas, and I like the fact that people are inspired by what I do to feel free to do what they do. The danger is that their ideas might be a lot better than mine, but that only makes the fandom tapestry richer. As long as they link me (in terms of say, credit me as the base to their remix), I'm good.